Upshur County, WV
The federal environmental record for Upshur County (population 23,529): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
14
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Upshur with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| ADRIAN P S D WV3304911 | PFBA: 5.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Upshur filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 499k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORHART REFRACTORIES | BUCKHANNON | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 498k lb |
| WEYERHAEUSER NR CO - BUCKHANNON EWP | BUCKHANNON | Diisocyanates | 353 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 141 tank facilities in Upshur: 31 tanks in service and 381 closed. 82 fuel releases are on record, of which 14 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Upshur as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
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